My name is Tara, and I was born and raised in Washington State.
In 2010 I married Bill (bmac62) and retired ... two of the best choices I ever made! :)
In March, 2013, we sold our home in Washington and went on the road in our RV full time. What a blast! There is so much world out there to see!
After traveling around the West for a few years, we got rid of the motorhome and are now spending winters in deep-south Texas and summers in Washington State. Spring and fall finds us visiting whichever place strikes our fancy at the time!
If I’m missing from Renderosity from time to time, I’m busy having fun elsewhere.
Thanks for your interest in my work, and for stopping by to learn more about me!
Canon 70D
Tamron 24-70mm f2.8
Canon 70-200mm f4.0
Zeiss 50mm f1.4
Photoshop CC
WACOM Intuos 4
ArtRage
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Comments (20)
beachzz
This is sublime. There are calla lillies all over around here and I just love them.
I don't travel quite the same way you and Bill do, but I know exactly what you mean about being home and being away. Welcome home and enjoy your summer. Oh, and of course---Happy Birthday!!!
npauling
These are really beautiful flowers and I love the pov you have taken this from. You sound to have had a great trip home and I am sure you will enjoy the whole summer watching the world go by. I hope you have a very happy day tomorrow and get breakfast in bed. ☺☺
Freethinker56
Just gorgeous Have a great Happy Birthday
SunriseGirl
I love callas also for the same reasons you gave.
I am glad you had a great trip and that you made it back safe and sound for your birthday. I hope you enjoy the day tomorrow with all that pampering. Interesting about the ferries being canceled due to the low tides. I have seen them canceled for other reasons plenty of times (my dad lived in the San Juan islands for many years), but extra low tides is a first for me.
Wolfenshire
These are very nice.
durleybeachbum
Sultry beauty! This reminds me of D H Lawrence's book Sons and Lovers in which white flowers at dusk play such a symbolic role in Mrs. Morel's emotional life. I can't remember exactly what they symbolised but as all of Lawrence is characterized by pounding blood, pouring sweat or panting sex, it is probably the latter!
(Don't let this generalization detract from the effect of this gorgeous photo, but do read the book if you haven't already, it was his third and probably the best.)
Krittermom
As always you have used the light here to compose an amazingly beautiful photo. These lilies remind me of an elegant wedding gown, free if frills and lace.
Simple and pure elegance
Faemike55
First and foremost - Happy Birthday, Tara from me and the Gentle Queen!
Beautiful capture
glad you made it home
blankfrancine
Lovely floral capture.
photosynthesis
Beautiful light, softness & composition. And a very Happy Birthday to you, Tara - glad you made it home safe & sound despite the delays.
We're taking a trip to Washington state next month that involves a ferry ride from Port Angeles to Whidbey Island & now you've got me thinking that we may need to have contingency plans in case we run into a similar low tide situation...
X-PaX
Beautiful capture Tara.
Juliette.Gribnau
gorgeous
kgb224
Amazing capture Tara. God bless.
radioham
Great photo flowers are the Beautiy of this world
giulband
Beautiful photo's composition !
rainbows
you life sounds wonderful Auntie. Your capture of the calla sublime. HUgs. for all day. DiDi. xx
GrandmaT
Gorgeous photo! I love calla lilies.
junge1
Great capture Tara. As to missing your friends in Texas now after you have missed your friends in Washington in winter. You realize how many people wished that had your problem lol!
Djavad
La grâce en effet
anahata.c
I'm back in May!!! I'm sorry I can't comment on everything, but the length of my comments (and my very slow speed at writing them---I have to edit them too, which takes time ((if I don't edit, they'll read like gibberish: I'm not talkin' 'literary' editing, I'm talkin' putting in the right verbs, cleaning it up, etc, as my first efforts at a comment are like steam of consciousness))) prohibits me from leaving comments on everything. So I'm skipping.
It looks like you used some kind of softening, and then brought out real detail as well---it's stunning. The tops of the flowers are soft as cashmere, but the under-petals have wonderful clear lines. And they're lined up, in you photo, like a procession, where each flower is checking out the world around it. THe background is a wonderful muted purple; and the leaves against it are dreams. You have an angle here, which is followed by everything: Great seeing, angling, postwork, all of it---a beautiful shot. And I'd comment on your description, but we've already talked about that. I'm glad you got home, and had a fine summer...